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07/03/2012 (The Malaysian Insider) - Malaysia, the world’s No.2 palm oil producer, needs to address Indonesia’s export tax changes to win back orders from the world’s top supplier or stocks will rise and bring prices below RM2,500 (US$830), an industry official said today.

06/03/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures slipped on Monday as traders await a key price outlook meeting in Kuala Lumpur this week at which analysts are expected to paint a bullish picture for the sector.

06/03/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil may advance 7.8 percent by mid-April to the highest level in a year as cooking-oil demand outstrips supply, according to TransGraph Consulting Pvt. Chairman Nagaraj Meda, who has forecast prices for 13 years.

06/03/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil fell for a second day in Malaysia on speculation that demand from importers, including Pakistan, may continue to slow in the near term.

06/03/2012 (The Star) - About four months back, the eighth General Assembly (GA8) of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) grouping in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah was declared invalid after protests by some members that the GA8 was carried out without a quorum.

06/03/2012 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures slipped on Monday as traders await a key price outlook meeting in Kuala Lumpur this week at which analysts are expected to paint a bullish picture for the sector.

06/03/2012 (Bernama) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) foresees total global sustainable palm oil consumption to double this year from five per cent last year, given the increasing demand and awareness.

06/03/2012 (The Star) - The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives will remain steady this week with the spotlight on the Bursa Malaysia Palm Oil Conference (POC) here, dealers said.

06/03/2012 (PR Newswire) - Multi stakeholder initiative, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) reported unprecedented growth for Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) in the year 2011 as accounted for in its inaugural qualitative review entitled "2011 RSPO CSPO Growth Interpretation Narrative" (2011 GIN). The 2011 GIN, the first of its kind for any sustainable commodity, will be an annual report aimed at recording and analysing the growth and trends of RSPO and CSPO in the global marketplace.

06/03/2012 (MoneyControl.com) - Nirmal Bang has come out with its report on agri commodities. As per the research firm outlook for Soybean is seen up for the day and CPO is expected to trade sideways to up.

06/03/2012 (TEMPO Interactive) - The government and national palm oil industries are ready to respond to the negative environmental campaign allegedly conducted by the US. “We will be sending our written response this week,” Fadhil Hasan, chairman if the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (Gapki), to TEMPO on Sunday.

05/03/2012 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) grouping this week will release its inaugural annual 2011 RSPO Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) Growth Interpretation Narrative (2011 GIN) report, which contains critical guidelines on the palm oil fraternity's sensitivity and influence towards sustainability since the RSPO started the certification of CSPO in 2008.